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Dozes line up for Jackson's Ind. hometown memorial

By TOM COYNE
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GARY, Ind. -Dozens of fans are lining up outside a ballpark in Michael Jackson's hometown ahead of a memorial celebration planned at the Indiana city's ballpark.
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2009-07-10 14:06:33

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Pmldjhn

04:45 PMJul 11 2009

Dew it JR88 09:50 PMJul 11 2009 posted: "wow only a few dozen people showed up.....they dont think much of him in Gary either."********AOL should update this story. At the end of the memorial service in Gary, IN 7,500 people had attended.

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Pmldjhn

04:23 PMJul 11 2009

vta805101 07:57 PMJul 10 2009 posted: "OJOHN9424.....I've got two pockets of my own - I don't need Joe's too! Typical Black mentality, blame whitey! Free parking spots????.....that's right white man does nothing charitable. Get a life sir."******If you got two pockets of your own, why don't you worry about what's in 'em instead of worrying about what Joe Jackson's getting? I'll tell you why. You're probably a typical white man who can't stand to see a black man with money. You probably think he stole it from you or something. Well, I'm here to tell you that black people are people, too. We have needs and desires as well as the white man. Now, this man focused on his kids and developed them into something big without the white man's involvement. If a man works for his money and obtains it legally, then he deserves it. It's not the white man's money, so quit worrying about how he gets his money. You have no claim to it.

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vta805101

07:57 PMJul 10 2009

OJOHN9424.....I've got two pockets of my own - I don't need Joe's too! Typical Black mentality, blame whitey! Free parking spots????.....that's right white man does nothing charitable. Get a life sir.

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OJOHN9424

07:09 PMJul 10 2009

That's "don't" even think about trying to get into my pocket.

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OJOHN9424

06:56 PMJul 10 2009

That's "don't" even think about getting in my pocket.

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OJOHN9424

06:53 PMJul 10 2009

vta805101: I'm not crying the blues about being black. My great-grandmother was a white woman from the hills of Tennessee. I'm from Gary, IN. As a matter of fact, as we speak, I'm in an office building just across the street from the stadium where the memorial service is being held. My father has a business in it. We're selling parking spaces at $20.00 a pop. So, what's wrong with that? If it was at US Cellular in Chgo., the parking spaces there would be going at $100.00. You think the white man would be giving away parking spaces for free? Get real. You can't lay a guilt trip on me. And, again I say, stay out of Joe Jackson's pocket. And, do even think about trying to get in mine, with your nosy self.

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vta805101

05:58 PMJul 10 2009

Ha! This is ironic.....I just commented on another story about race showing up on every single article....it doesn't matter what the topic is, someone always has to pull the race card. OJOHN9424 ~Get over yourself! The person who made the comment about Joe making money at the ball park said nothing about race. Talk about misery loves company....tell me why it is that everytime a black person dies or gets caught up in crime, Sharpton, Jackson and a bunch of other black people start crying race? Here is a story of Michael Jackson's memorial and here you are using this as a way to cry the blues about being black. Before you point fingers and say I think this way because I am white and I don't experience black issues......think again....I am mixed, I have white family and I have black family. My black family does not pull the race card, they are normal, not ghetto, not crimals, they don't speak ebonics - my white family is normal as well, not hillbillies or other terms that are...

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OJOHN9424

05:49 PMJul 10 2009

BrennemanBelkin 05:30 PMJul 10 2009 posted: "Joe must have found a way to make money at the ballpark.' ***********So, what's wrong with making money? I think you need to MYOB and stay out of Joe Jackson's wallet.

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OJOHN9424

05:36 PMJul 10 2009

BrennemanBelkin 05:30 PMJul 10 2009 posted: "Joe must have found a way to make money at the ballpark.' ***********So, what's wrong with making money? White people make money all the time anyway they can - legal or illegal. You must be a white man. You love to see a black man with no money. It salves your ego. You must be broke yourself. Misery loves company, so they say.

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BrennemanBelkin

05:30 PMJul 10 2009

Joe must have found a way to make money at the ballpark.

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Dozens of fans are lining up outside a ballpark in Michael Jackson\'s hometown ahead of a memorial celebration planned at the Indiana city\'s ballpark.